National Coalition Party

The National Coalition Party (NCP) is a liberal-conservative political party in Finland that was founded on 9 December 1918. The party became one of the four largest parties in Finland, alongside the Social Democratic Party of Finland, Green League, and the Center Party of Finland. The party based its views on freedom, responsibility, and democracy, equality of opportunity, education, supportiveness, tolerance, and caring, and it supported multiculturalism and gay rights. The party also supported membership of NATO and the European Union, and it became involved with numerous center-right governing coalitions.